put%20up

verb

  1. 1

    To place in a high location.

    Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins.
  2. 2

    To hang; to mount.

    Many people put up messages on their refrigerators.
  3. 3

    To style (the hair) up on the head instead of letting it hang down.

  4. 4

    (with 'to') To cajole or dare to do something.

    I think someone put him up to it.
  5. 5

    To store away.

    Be sure to put up the tools when you finish.
  6. 6

    To house; to shelter; to take in.

    We can put you up for the night.
  7. 7

    To present, especially in "put up a fight".

    That last fighter put up quite a fight.
  8. 8

    To endure; to put up with; to tolerate.

  9. 9

    To provide funds in advance.

    Butty Sugrue put up £300,000 for the Ali–Lewis fight.
  10. 10

    To build a structure.

  11. 11

    To make available; to offer.

    I put my first child up for adoption.
  12. 12

    (of meat, fruit and vegetables) To can; to process by sterilizing and storing in a bottle or can.

  13. 13

    To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.

  14. 14

    To stop at an hotel or a tavern for entertainment.

adjective

  1. 1

    (of an event) Secretly arranged in advance, especially in order to defraud someone or to advance one's own interests.

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